Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Social (201208030021HQ) (August 3, 2012)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mars Hand Lens Imager Principal Investigator Ken Edgett, Malin Space Science Systems, right, talks about how close one his teams cameras can make images while on Mars from the Curiosity rover as Ashwin Vasavada, Deputy Project Scientist, left, and Pan Conrad, deputy principle investigator, Sample Analysis at Mars look on during a NASA Social held to preview the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory's (MSL) Curiosity rover at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 in Pasadena, Calif. The MSL Rover named Curiosity was designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes. Curiosity is due to land on Mars at 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5, 2012 (1:31 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6, 2012). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Date: 2012-08-03
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Addeddate: 2012-08-10 06:45:05
Publicdate: 2012-08-10 06:57:05
Keywords: Ashwin Vasavada; California; JPL; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Ken Edgett; Mars Science Laboratory (MSL); NASA Social; Pan Conrad; Pasadena; La Cañada Flintridge; CA; USA; NASA; Bill Ingalls
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